Sunday, December 5, 2010

Day 35 (12.6.10) A Day

Objective:
Students will be able to:
practice writing a new style of sentence; read and explicate literary works;
practice with previously taught class material.

Class Activities
  • On Blackboard: Daily Homework Log
  • On Blackboard: Daily Drill 7
  • Practice: Sentence Models 1-5
    • Write two sentences for each model.
    • You should create your own new sentences.
    • You should have ten sentences total.
    • Please complete sentences on a piece of paper to turn in.
  • Read: Perseus (finish accompanying reading packets)
    • Page 960
  • Video: Greek Tragedy and Greek Gods
Homework:
  1. DUE on Wednesday (12.8.10) A Day: Independent reading packets parts 8-10.
Work Collected in Class:
    • Dialy Drill 7
    • Perseus  Reading Packet: All Remaining Parts
    • Independent Reading Packets: Parts 6-7

TEKS: 2 (C) relate the characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the historical, social, and economic ideas of its time; 5 (A) analyze how complex plot structures (e.g. subplots) and devices (e.g. foreshadowing, flashbacks, suspense) function and advance the action in a work of fiction; 17(A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: iii. reciprocal pronouns; 17(C)use a variety of correctly structured sentences; 20(A) use conventions of capitalization; 20(B) use correct punctuation marks.